KPK to Question BPOM and Trade Ministry Officials Over Alleged Customs Bribery Flow

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has opened the possibility of examining officials from the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) and the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) in connection with bribery funds related to goods importation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. The flow of funds was revealed during the trial of Andri, the Import Document Team Leader of PT Blueray Cargo, at the Jakarta Corruption Court. KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that information disclosed in the trial would be further verified through the examination of witnesses and other evidence. “Regarding the alleged facts of payments from PT BR to parties within BPOM and the Ministry of Trade, this also needs to be confirmed,” Budi said on Wednesday, 24 June 2026. Budi explained that a deeper investigation is necessary to ascertain the truth of the statements that emerged during the trial and to test their connection to the case being handled. “Both from witnesses and other evidence, so there is a possibility that the investigation will continue to develop,” he said. However, the KPK has not yet set a schedule for summoning the parties mentioned in the trial. “Yes, of course. We need to further investigate other evidence and statements that can corroborate the testimony that emerged in the trial,” he stated. In a previous hearing, prosecutors revealed the existence of payments allegedly made on the instructions of PT Blueray Cargo owner John Field, who is also a defendant in the case. While reading Andri’s Investigation Report (BAP), KPK Prosecutor Takdir Suhan stated that funds did not only flow to individuals within Customs and Excise, but also to several parties at BPOM and the Ministry of Trade. “That on the orders of John Field, a sum of money was given to other parties besides those in Customs and Excise, to parties at the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia,” Takdir said in court. “Correct,” Andri replied. Based on the contents of the BAP read by the prosecutor, the money for BPOM was said to have been handed to a deputy and a director. “That the payment to BPOM was intended for Deputy Tubagus, as Mr Andri mentioned earlier, and Director Partomo. I handed the money directly to the person concerned,” Takdir said.